In medicine, collagen from animals, principally cows, is used to
rebuild tissue destroyed by burns and wounds. Commonly, it is employed
in plastic surgery to augment the lips and cheeks of starlets and
others seeking perpetual youth.

Some of the oddest stories come out around Valentines Day. One of the award winners this year is the story about women having their vaginas rejuvenated. That’s
right, rejuvenated and reconstructed and revirginized even. Think we’re kidding? Think again. It’s an emerging surgical trend.

Enter a Google search for Harold Davis, and some resulting links will inevitably lead you back to Google.

A bright yellow slime mould that can grow to several metres in
diameter has been put in charge of a scrabbling, six-legged robot.

A Chinese astronomer from the University of St Andrews has
fine-tuned Einstein’s groundbreaking theory of gravity, creating a
’simple’ theory which could solve a dark mystery that has baffled
astrophysicists for three-quarters of a century.

Some of the biggest mobile phone networks have joined forces to push instant messaging (IM) over mobiles.

For the first time researchers have created a working prototype of a
radical new chip design based on magnetism instead of electrical
transistors.

Online
Dating sites enjoyed meteoric growth for many years. However, the
industry has
now matured and growth rates have settled down. Competition is coming
from several different angles. Are dark days coming for online dating?

This is the coolest online tool I’ve seen in a very long time. You simply type in the address for a home and this site comes back with a satellite photo of the house and the appraised value of the home. But there’s more…..

The worlds most deadliest spider, to other spiders. Check out the picture, rather weird looking.